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LAvgHING Boy 145 | She no longer had her own, different back- | zound. She was afraid because of him. It was © ac longer she who was strong, leading, marking . =e places for him to set down his feet. Now it was == who must fumble, uncertain, and he who must 2d her up. What hobbles would she have on == now? It was all right, that he felt all for her, | —:: she was the centre of things, but how could | =< be sure when his own people and his own | = gsspoke to him? There was nothing to do but | wx'tand be watchful, and meantime a little mouse . w=: gnawing at her heart. | They spent the night at a friendly hogahn. { T-=re, too, he was at home and she astray. She | == his natural sociability expand in the evening | zssip, and she learned with surprise that he had | a established place among these people, who | ceed at her faintly askance. He was already =n, and his opinions on horses were listened

x with respect.

| he had been drawn to him first just because of © ese things. She wanted him as a link between } 3=cif and just such as these people. But more, | =—bly more now, she needed him, himself com- =-='v hers with no fragment left out, and so they xc become her enemies. “et there was plenty with which to comfort | 3ecli. Their opinion of her changed visibly when

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